"Mmm, you were still looking up when I found you and brought you here," she murmurs. "Whatever you heard must have gotten you stuck in a memory. Like chasing Random Access Brain Impulse Triggers in a Drift, perhaps. I've done that, gotten stuck in a memory."

Her eyes search his face.

"Teddy," her expression is, in a word earnest, "you are safe with me. Even if you do get stuck. May I try something? To see if you can hear me up here?" She taps his temple gently with a forefinger. "It won't hurt at all."

It different than connecting to Daryl, very different. More like connecting to a vastly advanced Gipsy. But she's not going to do it now if he'd rather she'd not.